Social Distancing - Take Advantage of At-Home Time to Advance Your Yoga Teaching Training Online
Social Distancing - Take Advantage of At-Home Time to Advance Your Yoga Teaching Training Online
Social distancing, working from home, and spending more time virtually on screen have brought many new challenges to navigate. However, with remote learning technology on the rise, more opportunities to engage in advanced yoga teacher training online have opened up!
Not only do these Advanced Yoga Teacher Training online courses allow you to learn from the comfort of your own home, but they are also accredited and can be used to advance your yoga teaching training certifications while you wait for things to get back to normal.
Here are a few ways to take advantage of remote learning to advance your career as a yoga teacher.
Continue your education and enroll in advanced yoga teacher training online
In case you were wondering – yes, you can take advanced yoga teacher training online!
If you are an RYT200 and have been putting off advanced yoga teacher training, now is the time to enroll. Especially when you consider that you can use advanced training online to pursue anything from RYT300, RYT500, and IAYT-Certified Yoga Therapist programs. Not to mention, the remote learning technology has greatly improved in the past year!
Click here to read our recent guide on how to maximize the power of new technology to setup the perfect online learning environment.
Take advantage of the affordability of online learning
Online advanced yoga teacher trainings are often more affordable than in-person classes, and there is no expensive travel or commuting time to factor into your budget.
When technology is your classroom, you can also learn from anyone, anywhere in the world; your favorite mentors and your dream schools are all within reach. If you long to study a lineage that isn't available locally, it's now possible to do so.
Take this time to dive deeper into yoga philosophies and more
Use this time to dive deeper into your yoga knowledge with a formal online program and investigate further the long history and philosophical elements of yoga. You can go beyond asana, back in time to the Vedic origins of this powerful practice.
Options for training can slide right into your schedule. Concentrate on single topics for continuing education hours or pursue your RYT300 or RYT500. Further specialized training, like becoming an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, is also an option!
Enjoy a flexible schedule and more self-paced learning options
Online models of advanced yoga teacher trainings give you the flexibility to study in your time frame. While some classes will be live online, most are also available for review at your leisure. For visual and auditory learners, this is a beautiful perk of at-home training.
For more interpersonal learning styles, online advanced yoga teacher trainings still allow for relationship development between mentors and students, often at more convenient times! For solitary learners, there's nothing more uniquely suited than online education.
Perhaps the most beneficial aspect of pursuing advanced yoga teacher training online is the opportunity to study within your current lifestyle. Outings, assignments, and practice sessions happen when you can fully dedicate yourself to them. In some ways, this also encourages you to practice more self-love!
The new way of teaching
Becoming a student again provides humility and experience towards becoming a better yoga teacher. In today's virtual existence, mastering communication and intent over the internet via screens is part art, part technology, and part practice.
Your guidance and leadership techniques will sharpen when you are on the receiving end of instruction, and your future students will thank you.
As a yoga teacher, you can learn how what you like (or don’t like) about online learning and use that knowledge to setup your own online courses as well.
Be mindful of your time and take advantage of remote learning for advanced yoga teacher training
Our new home-centric lifestyle has undoubtedly taken some getting used to, but it has also opened the door to new possibilities like continuing your yoga teacher training online.
Digging deeper into your own needs and curiosities about yoga is a wise investment of time.
While you’re here, we’d love to invite you to check out Prema Yoga Institute, which is longer limited to New York City and is now available online with interactive trainings through 2022.
Prema Yoga Institute is an accredited program based in New York city, teaching students around the globe through online classes.
Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you advance your yoga practice and teaching!
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Tips for Creating a Successful Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Practice
With an AYT (Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy) practice, you will be interacting with your clients on a deeply personal level to modify their practice for specific goals and needs, and to support overall health and well-being. Here are a few tips for creating a successful Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy practice.
Tips for Creating a Successful Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Practice
Yoga Therapy creates a personalized health program for your clients based on the Sister Sciences - Yoga and Ayurveda (or आयुर्वेद - Āyurveda in Sanskrit).
With an AYT (Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy) practice, you will be interacting with your clients on a deeply personal level to modify their practice for specific goals and needs, and to support overall health and well-being.
Here are a few tips for creating a successful Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy practice.
Complete your education
Your journey into Ayurveda starts with getting to know yourself. As you discover the ancient principles of this holistic healing system, let your first client be yourself.
The path to launching your own Yoga Therapy healing program starts with your education. You can start with a 100-hour advanced yoga teacher training program that trains you how to apply Ayurvedic techniques to a yoga practice. You can also look for smaller programs that apply towards more advanced Yoga Therapy Certification courses.
Keep in mind, to become a C-IAYT through the International Association of Yoga Therapists, you must complete an 800+ hour course through an accredited school.
Pursuing the proper education will fully prepare you to integrate Yoga and Ayurveda for your community and clients. Be sure to check out Prema Yoga Institute’s 100-hour Ayurvedic Yoga Training if you are interested!
Outline your mission statement and decide on your specific focus
During your studies, did you find one aspect of Ayurveda fascinating? Or do you prefer to address all facets - asana, our relationship with food, lifestyle, pain management, or philosophy? Your driving force will form your mission statement, and from there, the basis of your business.
Your mission statement succinctly summarizes your values and goals. Address your target audience, describe your offerings, and differentiate yourself from similar businesses. Mission statements may also include your purpose for serving your clients and how you plan on serving your neighbors.
Clearly defining your business objectives creates the foundation of your business plan and lets your clients understand how you can help them. Be specific and transparent in your wording about your offerings, the limitations of your scope of practice, and emphasize the benefits of individualized care.
Familiarize yourself with policies and best practices
While an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist has powerful skills to help a client's mental and physical health, there are rules about how you can phrase such interactions. For example, it must be clear that you are not practicing medicine. This is critical, as a yoga professional never treats, diagnoses, heals or cures.
Familiarize yourself with laws of your state and learn best practices for advertising your Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy practice. Certain states may have more flexibility than others, so it is best to consult your local and state statutes for specific details. You may find some guidance on this topic from organizations like NAMA (National Ayurvedic Medical Association).
Ensuring your AYT practice meets professional standards will allow you to better use your skills and serve your client’s needs.
Work with your community leaders
Creating an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy program won't happen without the fellowship from other health care experts.
Spend time networking with holistic practitioners in your area for mentorship, brainstorming, and partnerships. Physical therapists, psychologists, acupuncturists, massage therapists, registered dieticians, and other health care providers all benefit from working together.
Referral networks are a fantastic way to support other business owners while helping your clients.
Just as there is no singular solution for wellness, there is no distinct component for a successful business. It's a group effort, and your clients will benefit!
Stay curious and keep learning to make your Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy practice a success!
We hope this overview has given you some insight and direction in how to make your Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy practice a success.
If you’re interested, we’d love to invite you to Prema Yoga Institute’s 100-hour Ayurvedic Yoga Training.
The Ayurvedic Yoga Training is now available online and teaches how to:
· Use Ayurveda to apply the techniques of yoga in a precise and empowering way.
· How to cultivate a healthy Ayurveda self-care routine
· Teach seasonally for better care of your students
· Refine sequencing for all levels of classes
· Refine your yoga practice and teaching for private clients to specifically improve mind/body imbalances
· And more (click here for details)
Additionally, The Ayurvedic Yoga Training counts 100 hours towards the PYI IAYT-accredited 850-hour Yoga Therapy Certification Program (additional prerequisites apply) and 100 hours towards the Pure Yoga 300 Yoga Certification.
Visit Prema Yoga Institute to learn more about our training, which is now available online with interactive trainings through 2022!
PYI is an accredited program based in New York city, teaching students around the globe through online classes. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you advance your yoga practice and teaching!
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10 Things To Do After Completing Your RYT-200 Yoga Teacher Training
10 Things To Do After Completing Your RYT-200 Yoga Teacher Training
The transition between yoga teacher training and "the real world" is part paperwork and planning, part promoting, and part dreaming and growing.
Whether you have recently completed your RYT200 Yoga Teacher Training or completed it years ago, you are likely wondering what you should do next. Should you start your yoga practice or pursue more advanced yoga teacher training?
Here are a 10 quick tips to get you thinking about what comes next after completing your RYT200 yoga teacher training.
1. Get organized
Getting organized is a good place to start. Organize your collection of notebooks, textbooks, and handouts. Gather your learning materials and sort them into related groups to streamline future referencing.
Group your business documents for easy reference. Your business documents start with your credentials and certificates. Expand your binder with registration information, insurance certificates, release forms, and teaching contracts as you collect them. Scan or take a picture and store them on your computer as well, for easy access.
Using a calendar is a handy way to map out your goals, due dates, and renewal dates. It's helpful to track your continuing education classes and plan for future training in a calendar system, as well.
2. Optional: Register with Yoga Alliance
Although most employers do not require this step, some grads prefer to register with Yoga Alliance - an online registry. It’s nonprofit branch intends to represent the yoga community and provides guidelines for your new profession. One perk is that you then have access to purchasing a liability insurance plan created for yoga teachers. Joining IAYT also provides you access to a comparable plan.
Upon completion of your coursework, registration involves creating an online account and submitting your RYS 200 certificate. You will have the opportunity to publish a profile in the Yoga Alliance Directory as well.
3. Secure insurance as a yoga teacher
Whether you teach independently or work with a studio, you will need liability insurance. Liability plans range from insurance for a sole proprietor to studio owner designations. There are dozens of agencies specializing in yoga teacher insurance plans; a quick search will give you local and national options.
4. Start building your yoga C.V.
It's a challenge to organize your yoga career, and there's no time like the present to get started! Formally outline your yoga teacher skills, experiences, and formal training along with your philosophy and parallel skills into a resume.
As your teaching experience grows, so will your C.V. We strongly suggest volunteering at work, a community center, a religious institution, or even with friends to grow your C.V.
5. Create a vision for your teaching
It's often helpful to creatively focus on your teaching dreams instead of jumping into the deep end without a plan. Do you want to teach in studios, outdoors, with special communities, or as part of a community center? Do you want to teach something you haven’t quite mastered yet and require advanced yoga teacher training for?
Outline and follow your dreams! Reach out to organizations and businesses that align with your ideas to make it happen.
6. Start teaching!
Of course, this is easier said than done, but teaching is teaching, no matter the audience. Your friends and family make wonderful students as you look for a more formal setting in which to teach. Gyms and studios often have apprentice or mentor programs (even online), and volunteer opportunities are endless.
7. Explore teaching yoga online
The popularity of social media platforms and the recent usage of remote learning has created endless teaching options. Video hosting sites like YouTube and social media platforms like Instagram offer "live" and "recorded" sharing options. Try your hand teaching there!
Teleconferencing platforms allow you to have a more visual and interactive view of your students. These two-way platforms open the door for more effective communication and teaching.
8. Keep practicing on your own
As a yoga teacher, you may find that your personal practice gets muddled as you transition into a teaching path. Dedicate time to being a student again, letting your desire to take notes, study, and formulate sequencing take a back seat. Seek out inspiration without sacrificing the self-care that your yoga mat provides. Luckily, most studios offer a “teacher rate” for memberships – ask for a discount!
9. Plan your continuing education and advanced yoga teacher training
As you map out your yoga teaching dreams, note what resonates with you - what you enjoy learning, and what you enjoy teaching. For example, do you find yourself wanting to serve yoga students with diverse needs or perhaps learn how to modify your lessons for aging yoga students? These clues will guide you through the next level of continuing your yoga teacher training.
You might find that your passions about learning a specific topic go beyond a few continuing education classes and take you to another certification. You may decide that it would be valuable to pursue advanced RYT500 yoga teacher training.
10. Pursue 500-hour RYT certification
Pursuing advanced yoga teacher training with an RYT-300 certification will allow you to dive deeper into specialized methods of yoga. This allows you to carve out your niche as a yoga teacher and better serve your students.
Having the RYT-500 title is also a great way to improve your marketability as a yoga teacher. Students and studios will know that you take your craft seriously and have completed more advanced levels of study.
Read our blog article “5 Reasons Every Yoga Teacher Should Pursue a 500-hour RYT Certification,” for a more in depth look into this topic.
Stay proactive after completing your RYT-200 yoga teacher training!
Congratulations on completing your RYT-200 yoga teacher training - that alone is a great accomplishment! Hopefully, these 10 tips gave you some ideas on what to do next.
While you’re here, we’d love to invite you to check out Prema Yoga Institute, which is longer limited to New York City and is now available online with interactive trainings through 2022. PYI is an accredited program based in New York city, teaching students around the globe through online classes. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you advance your yoga practice and teaching!
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